Comments on: Confirmed: Adrian Gonzalez to play right field tonighthttp://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/06/29/confirmed-adrian-gonzalez-to-play-right-field-tonight/
Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball.Tue, 03 Mar 2015 19:28:24 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: ltzep75http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/06/29/confirmed-adrian-gonzalez-to-play-right-field-tonight/comment-page-1/#comment-157085
Thu, 30 Jun 2011 22:01:11 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=67309#comment-157085Why the thumbs down? You’re telling me there are three people here who liked bicepts? Or was it the use of “bastard”. If the latter, may I remind you that one of the most influential people in history was once given the surname “the Bastard” (but was subsequently given a much more grandiloquent replacement – which reminds me, he may have had the most impressive one year swing in nomenclature outside of Reggie Jackson changing the meaning of Mr. October, but I digress…).
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Thu, 30 Jun 2011 20:37:00 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=67309#comment-157040I can’t believe I went and got drunk and left this commentary. I had no idea!!!! Craig Calcaterra is my mothableeping hero.
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Thu, 30 Jun 2011 20:36:49 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=67309#comment-157039I can’t believe I went and got drunk and left this commentary. Ihad no idea!!!! Craig Calcaterra is my mothableeping hero.
]]>By: FChttp://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/06/29/confirmed-adrian-gonzalez-to-play-right-field-tonight/comment-page-1/#comment-156996
Thu, 30 Jun 2011 19:46:23 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=67309#comment-156996Silmarillion however, is a Tolkien novel.
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Thu, 30 Jun 2011 19:43:06 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=67309#comment-156991That’s why it’s a joke.
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Thu, 30 Jun 2011 12:03:38 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=67309#comment-156641I stayed away from reading this post because I knew what the comment section would be like. Couldn’t sleep last night, had nothing else to do, so I finally gave in and read this one. Boy. Did I miss nothing. Nothing until the 5:08 mark that is.

Then, not unlike an Angel appearing and taking Vernon Wells away from the Blue Jays, a Calcaterra appeared and took a troll away. It’s going to be a bit more quiet around here, but I expect he’ll be back sooner or later, dragging his knuckles, and drooling insults and intolerance everywhere.

What kills me though, is how ‘bicepts can get banned and the likes of purdueman & sasquash20, and certain others can keep on dripping all over the place. I’m not calling for a ban on everyone I disagree with (all pie lovers, non-DHers, adversaries in the AL Beast, and posters who hurt my feelings, *sniffle*, would be gone then). Just the racists and intolerant a-holes. The trouble when you are self-proclaimed lefty-centrist with an open mind and a ‘tolerance for all’ attitude is that you have to put up with people like that to a certain point. I hope that point is soon for you Craig. I’m certainly past it.

With all that said, how ’bout those Phillies, eh? The VW Bus beat the Beavermen’s division rivals. Ha, ha, haaaaaa! Now go for the sweep, little Phillies, go for the sweep. Then tank for the weekend. Tank hard.

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Thu, 30 Jun 2011 11:43:07 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=67309#comment-156638Oh, ok. It was probably before I started posting on here. Fair enough then.
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Thu, 30 Jun 2011 05:35:42 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=67309#comment-156626I agree with (almost) everything you say. I wasn’t really making any comment about howard, I think he’s a fine first baseman (certainly better than ortiz), and he’s worked hard on maintaining himself. I was responding to bicepts “mindlessly rip[ing] an opposing player” by calling him a fat load. Which is just not true.

As stated numerous times in this thread, the issue is not Ortiz at first base. He’s passable. He’s been doing it in small doses for years. It’s moving Gonzalez to right that is scary. I disagree with most people here, though, in that I think the red sox should try it a couple of times during the year to see how it goes in case they go to the world series.

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Thu, 30 Jun 2011 04:00:07 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=67309#comment-156613I can agree with you on different physiques of Howard and Ortiz.

But the issue tonight wasn’t Ortiz, it was Gonzalez. In every year until now, Ortiz would play 2/3 of the NL games. They’d just rotate and give someone different a day off every day between 1B, DH, and 3B. So, for instance, last year it was Ortiz/Beltre, then Ortiz/Youk, then Youk/Beltre, because Youk could play 1st or 3rd and you had that flexibility.

It’s possible that Ortiz wouldn’t be able to hold up physically at 1B (we have no way of knowing, since he hasn’t had to do it since he had knee troubles with the Twins), but assuming he could play every day, he would definitely play for most NL teams.

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Thu, 30 Jun 2011 03:56:15 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=67309#comment-156612Craig did warn him at least once before—though I don’t know if it was before you started here or not. I seem to remember it might have had something to do with homophobic slurs, but I’m not sure.
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Wed, 29 Jun 2011 23:42:04 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=67309#comment-156548Thank you.
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Wed, 29 Jun 2011 23:07:36 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=67309#comment-156545I’ve been giving it some thought and I have mixed feelings about the banning. On one hand, ‘Bicpets clearly goes to far in the personal insults and whatnot. Healthy debate is one thing but is should never devolve into petty insults all the time. I can see once and while if one gets carried away but not consistently. On the other hand, I feel like there should be a form of progressive discipline. Perhaps there is and I am unaware, but I’ve never been informed of it. You know, like first offense a written warning, second offense a week long suspension, etc. I will not pretend to know the details of the situation, maybe previous warnings were given. However, to me, a flat out ban out of nowhere seems a bit harsh.
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Wed, 29 Jun 2011 22:57:57 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=67309#comment-156542Darn…this means he will not get to see the fielding troll bait that I left for him in the comments above…

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Wed, 29 Jun 2011 22:40:45 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=67309#comment-156531No, those are not real numbers. Just being my usual goofy self.
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Wed, 29 Jun 2011 22:39:47 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=67309#comment-156528I started reading through the responses and it got to be too rediculous to continue. I just wanted to respond to the person who accused ryan howard of being just as “fat” as Ortiz. I am a phillies fan but I have no need to mindlessly rip an opposing player or defend a player on my favorite team. I think Ryan Howard is overrated and his contract is brutal so I’m not just trying to be an idiot fan in defending him. If anyone can watch the game tonight and look at both players and think that Howard is anywhere near as fat as Ortiz then your just not using your eyes or are too childish in defending your own player to be honest with yourself. Howard self-admittedly has a bad body for sure. He’s thick and bulky and could never be a lean muscle guy like Mike Stanton, etc., but he’s not fat anymore. He was at a time but he has gotten into better shape. Ortiz is fat and no, several national league teams would not have him on their team. He just can’t play the field on a consistent basis and to act like he could is rediculous. This is the reason that it’s such a story that he’s playing 1 friggen game tonight in the field. Hell, francona did a whole interview just on the absurdity of playing this guy in the field so if the actual manager of the team can say it I think some overly defensive fans of the Sox can admit it as well. Come back tommorow and throw the insults around like the idiots from both sides have on this post, but just watch them both tonight and see if you can honestly say that they are comparable in the field.
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Wed, 29 Jun 2011 22:38:27 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=67309#comment-156526Ari,
Oh, I see. I know very little about such things. I just assumed that it would be a fairly easy website modification. Apparently not, though.
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Wed, 29 Jun 2011 22:30:24 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=67309#comment-156523I don’t think you can do that in WordPress. If that’s true, they’d need to completely switch platforms to make that feature available.
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Wed, 29 Jun 2011 22:27:26 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=67309#comment-156521Ortiz is not that bad of a first baseman, especially considering how little time he has spent there. It’s Gonzalez in right that should be more interesting.
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Wed, 29 Jun 2011 22:20:54 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=67309#comment-156519Craig:

You magnificent bastard!

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Wed, 29 Jun 2011 21:29:25 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=67309#comment-156505Second the motion…
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Wed, 29 Jun 2011 21:26:48 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=67309#comment-156504Just glad to get a little confirmation that my memory hasn’t gone totally to crap. I remember thinking when they got him, “They already have a fielding 1b-man, what they need is one that can hit”,, boy, was I wrong about that one…
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Wed, 29 Jun 2011 21:23:45 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=67309#comment-156501Ari,
I’m perplexed by your comment. Is this a new language you created? I can surmise that you are happy to see ‘Bicepts go, which is cool….your jargon is just confusing.
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Wed, 29 Jun 2011 21:18:32 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=67309#comment-156496Plus One Gabajarillion. Give or take a Silmarillion.
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Wed, 29 Jun 2011 21:16:32 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=67309#comment-156494Oh, can we work on getting an edit function for the posts…maybe only active for 10-15 minutes after one hits “post comment”. One of team specific soccer sites that I post at has that feature and it really adds something.
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Wed, 29 Jun 2011 21:14:54 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=67309#comment-156492There are other message boards other then this one? I would like to state for the record that the only baseball site on comment on is this one.
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